Dave: What losses? Sold thousands and one dude burns 2 on a heat pad so 99.9999 precent of the sales have been outstanding. I've been keeping, trading, and selling reptiles for almost 30 years and all as a dealer now all the wild caughts are provided with 3 doses of pancur/flagyl before being offered for sale and their health is examined head to toe and that is a tremendous effort most seller's don't do with their wild caught animals. Doubt they are being treated, then you can speak to my vet who supplies me with the bottles of meds every few months or else of course you would hear about diseased animals from sales - but you don't. They are guaranteed to be healthy and feeding on arrival and there is a 2 week unconditional guarantee for cb animals and if something happens with a wild caught I usually work with the buyer and get another and often throw in another free if something goofy happens. Frog and lizard feeding snakes are sold sometimes and I send the feeders along at no cost because I am a sweet dude. You have this make it or not approach but I run about 50 ads and cannot keep up with the orders much less supply about a dozen or so pet shops and have to often throw in free animals just because its easier to make the customer extra happy then asking a dime exta later. I do this for relaxation after retirement of a long military career. Never sold a non eater so don't know what that comment was about.
Dan, I would be interested to see how many WC animals that you shipped, are still alive and thriving? Not picking on you, but WC animals are very fragile, and most people that buy WC, not all, but MOST, are probably new to reptiles, and might read up on a Boa, Columbian, see you have a Boa, Viper, and assume they need the same caging and all. I dont know man, I would say, make it abundantly clear that any WC animal is probably going to need meds, might have ticks, etc. Viper boas are known for not eating, and it SHOULD be your job to keep a non eater, and let anyone getting them know they eat, what they eat, etc. If you sell off a non eater as an eater, just to make a buck, that is shitty! If you decide to buy a group of wc vipers, you should sell only feeders. Make the price high enough on feeders to pay yourself back for all the non feeders you need to keep, and that might not make it. Selling wc that you pay cash for, it can be tempting to sell less than stellar animals to make some of your money back, or cut your losses.
Dave
